'Slasher' is an underrated horror anthology TV series with five seasons and a miniseries, 'Hell Motel,' which was released on ...

The slasher genre needs to evolve if it wants to survive another 40 years. Here's a good place to start. Nobody truly believes “Halloween Ends” is the actual end of the “Halloween” movies — the only ...

Fifty years ago, two independent filmmakers named Tobe Hooper and Kim Henkel had a gruesome vision for a new kind of film. Their idea involved merciless kills, a chainsaw, a group of youths and a ...

The true test of the slasher movie’s continued relevancy and evolution will come on Friday, when Michael Myers returns to theaters in David Gordon Green’s Halloween. By Richard Newby The slasher makes ...

Joshua Kristian McCoy is a freelance writer and film critic from the United States. He is a lifelong film buff, a voting member of the Georgia Film Critics Association, a tournament-winning Smash Bros ...

Trent Berchtold is a screenwriter with a degree in Creative Writing from Pepperdine University. Highly passionate about film, he has spent years honing his writing skills so that he may contribute to ...

Michael Myers, Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees — just reading those names can send a shiver down the spine. That's the power of a truly great slasher film: they create memorable villains and enduring ...

Though Tourist Trap has earned something of a cult following in the years since its release, it’s a movie that simply isn’t talked about enough. Its 1979 release saw it become an early pioneer of the ...

Every product was carefully curated by an Esquire editor. We may earn a commission from these links. Here’s how we test products and why you should trust us. Of all the horror film subgenres, the ...

Ross Johnson writes about television, film, and literature for Lifehacker. He has a degree in political science from the University of Rochester and has previously been a legal writer and editor for ...

Luc Haasbroek is a writer and videographer from Durban, South Africa. He has been writing professionally about pop culture for eight years. Luc's areas of interest are broad: he's just as passionate ...